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Retailers Told - Sort Out Your Pricing Claims
Consumers have had enough of confusing pricing policies and misleading value claims, says on-line electrical retailer value-direct.co.uk. In a new report issued today - 'Clarity begins@home, a call for clarity of pricing on the high street and on the web', value-direct.co.uk is calling for clarity of pricing both on the high street and on the net and value-direct.co.uk is urging the government to take a closer look at how prices are displayed both on and off-line.
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Price Is Not The Key Factor In Consumers' Interpretation Of Value For Money
With many households looking to hit the shops over this bank holiday weekend for items such as televisions and fridge freezers, new research from on-line electrical retailer value-direct.co.uk shows that 'no hidden costs' is as important as 'lowest price' in consumers' interpretation of value for money when buying electrical goods.
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Grey Power
For much of the time, far more attention is paid to attracting the support of young voters, especially first-time voters, than is paid to attracting the votes of those who have retired. There is a superficial attraction to this: after all, young voters are generally less strongly attached to their party allegiances - if, indeed, they have any at all - and ought to be easier to swing. If their loyalties can be captured at a young age, perhaps they will subsequently offer their party a lifetime of voting service.
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E-Commerce: Lack Of Consumer Trust Holds It Back
Consumers' lack of confidence in the strength of online security is hindering the expansion of Internet shopping according to research commissioned by the National Consumer Council (1 - see notes)
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Research Shows Big Boost For Out Of School Hours Learning Activities
Over two thirds of schools have increased the provision of out of school hours learning activities in the last two years according to research published today by Schools Minister Jacqui Smith.
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Voting & the Influence of Religion
It is reported in the press this week that Conservative leader William Hague's latest initiative to win votes from the government is a meeting with a leader of the American religious Right, exploring the possibility of making a religion-based appeal for votes at the next election.
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Parents Say Lack Of Affordable Childcare Is Hampering Mothers Returning To Work
A MORI survey of parents for National Childcare Week 2000 shows how employers and Government can do more to help mothers return to work after having a baby
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Labour and the 'Gender Gap'
The Labour Party (or, to be precise, the Labour Representation Committee as it then was) was founded a hundred years ago this week. The driving force behind the LRC's foundation was the trade union movement, with the intention of getting working men into Parliament, and thereby better to represent working class voters.
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Out of Town Shopping Takes on the High Street - For Now
Given the current popularity of out-of-town shopping, the High Street will need to look for new ways to compete, according to recent research from the MORI Socioconsult Monitor - a study of changing social values. Two in five British adults now claim to prefer shopping out-of-town with the same proportion saying they find it more convenient than going to the High Street.